what is the chance the president does go back to washington to get back to it? >> reporter: i think it's a very high chance. if you think back to last friday in the white house briefing room the president said, look we have to get a little pause, a little time out here, it is christmas, lawmakers want to go home, he wanted to come back here to hawaii with his family. he joked about having a little eggnog, have some christmas cookies, sing some carols, then he said i'll see you next week. when you talk to the president's aides it's very, very likely that by the end of this week he'll be tphroeug o flying on air force one back to washington, bringing the congressional people in and trying to get something done. jaime: thank you, merry christmas. >> merry christmas. kelly: pope benedict the xvi the 16th calling for an end to the violence in syria making a plea to stoop the killing of the defenseless. the words of the holy father falling on deaf years in syria today, the fighting grinds on as the casualties pileup. what can be done to stop this bloodshed? joining us